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Thursday, March 31, 2016

March makes us look forward to warmer weather in the Northern Hemisphere, think about camping, fishing, hiking, biking, doing all those out-of-doors kinds of things. I don't have any family that's into fishing, but they like to be out of doors, swimming or playing soccer. Yes, my grown sons still pass the ball around and swim. That's what they get for growing up in California, I guess.

Here's my sample card for Morgan's ArtWorld. here.

I put together a sheet of scraps on the diagonal and chose one part that was a neutral pattern, colored my image, die-cut the image and a matte plus used some die-cut gears to give it some fun elements. The gold foil clock gears are left-over Christmas wrapping paper glued to copy paper.

I've had this image colored for quite some time and I finally just said, make a card. I think this image speaks for me. LOL There is still this one last day at the end of March to join thechallenge at Die Cut Divas this month.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

March is already here. With the event of Easter, everyone is thinking bunny, so I thought I'd create a bunny card. After embossing my three baby bunnies, coloring with Copic markers and die-cutting them, I wanted to make a simple card. I chose one bunny and wanted to ground the bunny, so I sponged some distress ink pumice stone to create a background. I didn't want the sponged area to stand out more than my bunny, so that's why I chose this color. You could probably use some other gray tone too. The "miss you" sentiments is part of the Hero Arts set and I feel you could send a card like this any time during the year. I really like this very simple card.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Baby Animals Stamp and Cut at a2z Scrapbooking

Copic markers

Memento Tuxedo Black

Clear Embossing powder

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Hey, there's something going on over at Coffee Loving Cardmakers. And I want to play too. I don't drink coffee, but guess what, it's more about the friendships around that cup of Joe or Tea or Hot Cocoa.

The theme is "Spring" and who can't do something springy with the change in weather? I used a combination of stamps and dies that I thought would work well together. And I can't believe those single letter are fairly well spaced and level. This never happens for me. Woohooo - you see it this once; you may never see it again. And I'm very pleased with my cup. A little off on the reflections, but I am leaving it alone.

I'm on the Design Team for a2z Scrapbooking and here's a little information about the company. a2z Scrapbooking Supplies was started in 2007 to raise funds for causes including Celiac Disease, Camp Gluten Freedom and Behcets. The main focus is charitable giving and the company is run by volunteers. a2z Scrapbooking carries Hero Arts products and is the exclusive seller of Hero Arts digital stamps.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

No It's not Christmas, but I do love coloring. I tried some of the new Distress Crayons and I think I'm in love... again. I love the vivid colors you can achieve with these crayons and water. I purchased the stamp at Elizabeth Craft Designs as well as a couple of dies, all on sale. I like "sale". I couldn't wait to color this lantern and then I used a Wink of Stella brush to brush on some magic (glitter magic), which unfortunately does not photograph on this card.

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You've got nothing to lose by signing up and I heard a little birdie say the free image will be up soon, maybe tomorrow or the next day... ooooh

Give me an "A" for "a" sentiment. The challenge at Morgan's Artworld is to include a sentiment. Here's a close-up of Rowan Last Enchanter and I'm pleased with the way she turned out.

Front of Card standing up.

I thought something a little different with a sentiment that means something was what I wanted to go for. My good friend, Dawn Turley sent me a couple KaiserCraft stamps, which seem to always be hidden on the inside of a card. Here, you can see inside and outside.

Are birds who live in lopsided bird houses, lop-sided? They look pretty upright to me, the birds, not the houses. Here's a springtime card for everyone. I couldn't help but smile as I colored these wonky birdhouses.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Greeting you with a BUNNY HELLO. This is my sample for the new A2Z Scrapbookiing challenge to use embossing. I embossed the sentiment and this little bunny, colored the image with Copic markers and die cut with the matching die. Don't you love the matching dies with stamps nowadays? I glue dotted the bunny onto a Hero Arts card base which is not available.. I used some die-cut lamp posts to finish the card.

Hero Arts Autumn (out of stock) sentiment. You could use any sentiment

Poppystamps Antique Lamp Post die cut

Copic markers

Cuttlebug

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About Me

I never crafted until my sons were 8, 10 and 12. I found ceramics and with a neighbor, purchased green ware, painted, baked in my kiln and marketed on a local scale, to Flower Shops all sorts of unique ceramics. Their pianos were especially noted. Lots of dust and downward swing in the economy lowered my interest in this activity.
I tried a craft that took up less space, beading. That is still interesting, but not as much as creating paper projects, especially cards.
My oldest stamp is dated 1995. It was an off and on love, but finally, a couple years ago, I became an avid card maker.
There is a saying among card makers, “There is never enough paper”. I am now saying “NO” to paper because there is enough paper for now… well, down to one page a month for awhile.